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Researchers from Tsinghua University, China, have developed an all-analog photoelectronic chip that combines optical and electronic computing to achieve ultrafast and highly energy-efficient computer vision processing, surpassing digital processors.
Computer vision is an ever-evolving field of artificial intelligence focused on enabling machines to interpret and understand visual information from the world, similar to how humans perceive and process images and videos.
It involves tasks such as image recognition, object detection, and scene understanding. This is done by converting analog signals from the environment into digital signals for processing by neural networks, enabling machines to make sense of visual information. However, this analog-to-digital conversion consumes significant time and energy, limiting the speed and efficiency of practical neural network implementations.
They also recognised that AI itself may exhibit certain biases, and different settings it was deployed with were able to dramatically change output, in extreme cases rendering it unusable. In other words, setting the bots up correctly is a prerequisite to success. At least today.
So, for the time being, I think we’re going to see a rapid rise in human-AI cooperation rather than outright replacement.
However, it’s also difficult to escape the impression that through it we will be raising our successors and, in not so distant future, humans will be limited to only setting goals for AI to accomplish, while mastering programming languages will be akin to learning Latin.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Academia Sinica of Taiwan have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle.
The study is published in Circulation. It addresses major challenges of using heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, grown from stem cells, and takes a crucial step toward future clinical applications.
Previous research has shown that transplanting cardiomyocytes made from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) can replace muscle in the hearts of mammals. Researchers have struggled to bring the treatment to the clinic, in part because the implanted cells haven’t developed enough life-sustaining blood vessels to survive very long.
From medication to therapy, see how you can relieve back pain caused by ankylosing spondylitis of the spine.
The latest trend in auto shows around the world is to convince us that they aren’t auto shows. The car show is out and the mobility show is in, and that means different things for different markets. The Frankfurt International Auto Show, for example, is now IAA Mobility; it has moved to Munich and features loads of bicycles. The Japan Motor Show is now the Japan Mobility Show, but instead of bicycles, it’s packed with surreal and sci-fi-ready ways to get you around, some of which are available now.
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from this year’s show.
Despite its recent discovery in Vietnam, the newt is considered endangered. Learn more about crocodile newts and this recent research.
In an article for The Conversation, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of sociology Barry Markovsky looks at people’s belief in ghosts.
Is it possible for there to be ghosts? — Madelyn, age 11, Fort Lupton, Colorado
Certainly, lots of people believe in ghosts — a spirit left behind after someone who was alive has died.
Randomly Interesting.
Dog floats, cats frefall, pigeons try to fly but at some point one floats, frog goes crazy…and rats/mice create their own “gravity”.
Comments are funny and one pointed that the rats seem to have created their own collider.
New York Mayor Eric Adams doesn’t speak Spanish. But it sure sounds like he does. He’s been using artificial intelligence software to send prerecorded calls about city events to residents in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu and Yiddish. The voice in the messages mimics the mayor but was generated with AI software from a company called ElevenLabs.
“People stop me on the street all the time and say, ‘I didn’t know you speak Mandarin,’” Adams said at a news conference this month.
Experts have warned for years that AI will change our democracy by distorting reality. That future is already here. AI is being used to fabricate voices, fundraising emails and “deepfake” images of events that never… More.
The first AI election is here. Our tech columnist proposes some ground rules for candidates’ use of artificial intelligence.